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Not Good Enough

Topic: Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)By Pat BurnsPublished Recently added

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Do you present a confident face to the world, while in your heart of hearts you feel like you’re not really good enough? Maybe that means not good enough at your job, maybe it means not a good enough mother or wife, maybe it just means not a good enough person. Whatever your feelings of inadequacy relate to, know that EFT can help you change how you feel about yourself, so that the confident face you present to the world becomes your true face.

Often there are childhood issues related to not feeling that you’re good enough. If you grew up in a dysfunctional or abusive family, or had parents that criticized more than they praised, it’s hard to feel that you’re a good person. If the people who love you the most are telling you, by word or deed, that you don’t measure up, you take that to heart. You internalize that message, and it becomes a part of who you are, and how you relate to others.

If you are in a work or family situation and are criticized, or even questioned about something you’ve said or done, you still have that hyper-critical parent whispering in your ear, “They’re saying that because you didn’t do a good enough job!”. It’s easy to slip into being defensive or even confrontational if you feel that you are being personally attacked, and that whisper in your ear is telling you that is exactly what’s happening.

Working with EFT can help you to change the way that you react in situations such as this. EFT can restore your confidence, and allow you to feel good about yourself and what you’re doing. EFT can turn that not good enough feeling into “I’m darn sure good enough!”, and in the process can make your life easier and more pleasant.

You’ll also find that as your behaviors change, those around you change in the way that they interact with you. By you changing your dance steps in this dance of relationships, you force them to change theirs. As your confidence grows, others around you will feel that change, and will react to it in a positive way. If the energy emanating from you is carrying the message, “I’m a confident and competent person and do a good job”, others will know, and believe.

All those wonderful results for the small amount of time you put into learning EFT, and using it on a daily basis. EFT can literally change your life. Find out about it. Learn it. Use it. You will be so happy that you did.

Tapping Script For Not Feeling Good Enough

Karate chop:

* Even though I just don’t feel like I’m good enough, I’m open to loving and accepting myself.
* Even though I feel like nothing I do is good enough, and that’s pretty depressing, I’m working on loving and accepting myself.
* Even though I feel like I’m not nearly good enough, I’m hoping that this tapping will help me feel better, and I really want to love and accept myself.

Eyebrow: I never feel like I’m good enoughr
Inside eye: No matter what I do or sayr
Under eye: Sometimes I feel like I can’t do anything rightr
Under nose: And that if the people around me really knew mer
Chin: They wouldn’t want anything to do with mer
Collar bone: Because I’m just not good enoughr
Under arm: I feel like I can never measure upr
Top of head: And I really hate feeling this way.
Top of head:

Eyebrow: I’m hoping that I can tap away this feelingr
Inside eye: And start to see some good things about mer
Under eye: Ready to start releasing some of those feelings of being unworthyr
Under nose: Letting go of my “not feeling good enough” feeling a little at a timer
Chin: Choosing to start looking for the good things in mer
Collar bone: As I slowly and surely let go of all those negative feelingsr
Under arm: I’m ready to feel good about myself.
Top of head:

Eyebrow: Continuing to release the “not good enough” feelingr
Inside eye: Letting go of my bad image of myselfr
Under eye: Starting to embrace a feeling of confidence about myselfr
Under nose: As I realize that I AM good enoughr
Chin: Releasing the last of the feeling of not being good enoughr
Collar bone: Letting it just drain right out of my bodyr
Under arm: Replacing my doubts with a feeling of calm confidencer
Top of head: And feeling good about the person that I am.

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Pat Burns is an EFT practitioner in Tallahassee, Florida specializing in working with those with self esteem issues, inner child issues and adoption related issues. Contact Pat at pat@seeking-serenity.com or visit her website at http://seeking-serenity.com.

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